Choose any fairytale we have read or discussed in class to alter and write your own fractured fairytale. You may change the characters, setting, plot, point-of-view or a combination of these. Be creative, but most importantly, have fun!
Be sure to focus on and include:
Organization
Dialogue
Transition words and phrases
Sensory details
Conclusion
Planning, revising, and editing with help from your peers and teacher
5th Grade Standards: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.3.A Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.3.B Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.3.C Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of events. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.3.D Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.3.E Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.5 With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.6 With some guidance and support from adults, use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of two pages in a single sitting.
Reflection: In my opinion, I think that using the Voicethread is incredibly useful and would be fun to incorporate in my classroom. Although I struggled getting “in the hang of it” at first, after I realized it wasn’t nearly as difficult as I was making it out to be, everything was fine. I believe that if I was going to let students read aloud their own story or make a Voicethread for a different activity, they would definitely need some guidance from a teacher or another adult. It is incredibly user friendly, however, it would likely be very difficult for elementary school students to create on their own. Personally, I love the idea of having the story voice recorded for two big reasons. The first reason is that it would help students who are learning how to read and it would allow those who can not read at all the opportunity to hear a great story without having to take extra time out of class to read specifically to them; that way they can listen to it on their own time. The second, and arguably the most important reason to me, is it allows students to share their stories with their peers even if they don’t want to actively read it in front of the class. Speaking in front of your friends can be incredibly intimidating and nerve wracking. Although everyone needs to face the fact that public speaking is an authentic practice at some point, we want to encourage our younger students to read and write, so if an elementary school student needs us to make that accommodation in order to promote positive connotations of reading and writing, then so be it. Voicethread allows us to do just that, and I am thankful that I had the opportunity to do this assignment as I’m sure it will be very beneficial to me and my future students someday.
Imaginative Narrative: Fractured Fairytale
Education 355Prompt:
Choose any fairytale we have read or discussed in class to alter and write your own fractured fairytale. You may change the characters, setting, plot, point-of-view or a combination of these. Be creative, but most importantly, have fun!
Be sure to focus on and include:
- Organization
- Dialogue
- Transition words and phrases
- Sensory details
- Conclusion
- Planning, revising, and editing with help from your peers and teacher
5th Grade Standards:CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.3
Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.3.A
Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.3.B
Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.3.C
Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of events.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.3.D
Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.3.E
Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.5
With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.6
With some guidance and support from adults, use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of two pages in a single sitting.
Reflection:
In my opinion, I think that using the Voicethread is incredibly useful and would be fun to incorporate in my classroom. Although I struggled getting “in the hang of it” at first, after I realized it wasn’t nearly as difficult as I was making it out to be, everything was fine. I believe that if I was going to let students read aloud their own story or make a Voicethread for a different activity, they would definitely need some guidance from a teacher or another adult. It is incredibly user friendly, however, it would likely be very difficult for elementary school students to create on their own. Personally, I love the idea of having the story voice recorded for two big reasons. The first reason is that it would help students who are learning how to read and it would allow those who can not read at all the opportunity to hear a great story without having to take extra time out of class to read specifically to them; that way they can listen to it on their own time. The second, and arguably the most important reason to me, is it allows students to share their stories with their peers even if they don’t want to actively read it in front of the class. Speaking in front of your friends can be incredibly intimidating and nerve wracking. Although everyone needs to face the fact that public speaking is an authentic practice at some point, we want to encourage our younger students to read and write, so if an elementary school student needs us to make that accommodation in order to promote positive connotations of reading and writing, then so be it. Voicethread allows us to do just that, and I am thankful that I had the opportunity to do this assignment as I’m sure it will be very beneficial to me and my future students someday.